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Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)

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Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)

Period:: Protocorinthian
Date:: late 8th-early 7th century B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Corinthian
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: H. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Gift of Albert Gallatin, 1923
Accession Number:: 23.193

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

References

Richter, Gisela M.A. 1924. "Early Greek and Etruscan Vases: Recent Accessions." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 19(4): p. 98.
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Clay (23,630)

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When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,142)
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